page_title: Combat of the Thirty
hierarchical_section_title: Combat of the Thirty
caption_attribution_description: English: Blank physical map of the region of Bretagne, France, for geo-location purpose, with distinct boundaries for regions, departments and arrondissements. Français&#160;: Carte physique vierge de la région Bretagne, France, destinée à la géolocalisation, avec limite distincte des régions, départements et arrondissements. Scales: 1:800,000 (precision: 200 m) for the topography; 1:7,480,000 (precision: 1,870 m) for the bathymetry Equirectangular projection, WGS84 datum Standard meridian: 003° 04' 30" W True scale parallel: 48° 06' N Geographic limits of the map: West: 005° 15' W East: 000° 54' W North: 49° N South: 47° 12' N
context_page_description: The Combat of the Thirty was an episode in the Breton War of Succession fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany. It was an arranged fight between selected combatants from both sides of the conflict, fought at a site midway between the Breton castles of Josselin and Ploërmel among 30 champions, knights, and squires on each side. The challenge was issued by Jean de Beaumanoir, a captain of Charles of Blois supported by King Philip VI of France, to Robert Bemborough, a captain of Jean de Montfort supported by Edward III of England.
  After a hard-fought battle, the Franco-Breton Blois faction emerged victorious. The combat was later celebrated by medieval chroniclers and balladeers as a noble display of the ideals of chivalry. In the words of Jean Froissart, the warriors "held themselves as valiantly on both sides as if they had been all Rolands and Olivers".
context_section_description: The Combat of the Thirty (26 March 1351) (French: Combat des Trente, Breton: Emgann an Tregont)  was an episode in the Breton War of Succession fought to determine who would rule the Duchy of Brittany. It was an arranged fight between selected combatants from both sides of the conflict, fought at a site midway between the Breton castles of Josselin and Ploërmel among 30 champions, knights, and squires on each side. The challenge was issued by Jean de Beaumanoir, a captain of Charles of Blois supported by King Philip VI of France, to Robert Bemborough, a captain of Jean de Montfort supported by Edward III of England.
  After a hard-fought battle, the Franco-Breton Blois faction emerged victorious. The combat was later celebrated by medieval chroniclers and balladeers as a noble display of the ideals of chivalry. In the words of Jean Froissart, the warriors "held themselves as valiantly on both sides as if they had been all Rolands and Olivers".
caption: Location within Brittany
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